The only thing sweeter than Princess Charlotte’s enthusiastic waves or Prince George’s composed, responsible demeanor is when the young royals do both at once—often with their younger brother Prince Louis providing an unforgettable moment of his own. Over the years, Louis has become known for his animated expressions and playful antics, whether he’s making faces during Trooping the Colour or trying to get his siblings’ attention on the Buckingham Palace balcony. His lighthearted energy often contrasts with George’s already mature presence as the future king and Charlotte’s poised confidence, creating a dynamic that feels both relatable and unmistakably royal. (Although their father, Prince William, says George just knows when to behave.)
Growing up in the spotlight is unlike any other childhood experience, and siblings play a unique role in navigating that world together. History is filled with royal brothers and sisters sharing the stage, from Princess Margaret and Queen Elizabeth playing with their corgis in the 1930s to Prince William and Prince Harry’s appearances at Walt Disney World in the early 1990s with their mother, Princess Diana. From balcony appearances at major celebrations to playful occasions during official tours, here is a look back at some of the most adorable royal sibling moments over the years.
1936
Then-Princess Elizabeth and Princess Margaret play with their family dogs alongside their parents, King George VI and Queen Elizabeth, in a miniature cottage on the grounds of Windsor Castle.
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1936
Elizabeth and Margaret sweetly play with a family corgi back in 1936 in Windsor. Not to be missed: the adorable matching outfits the sisters are wearing.
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1936
Another sweet moment with a family pet! Margaret and Elizabeth look delighted as they play with their corgi at the Royal Lodge in Windsor. In 1936, Elizabeth and Margaret had two corgis named Dookie and Jane.
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1940
Margaret and Elizabeth were photographed again at the Royal Lodge in Windsor with gardening equipment and a helpful sidekick— one of their pet corgis.
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1940
Artists in the making: Margaret and Elizabeth painted together in Buckingham Palace. The girls were raised at the historic palace, which is the official home of the reigning monarch.
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1941
Margaret and Elizabeth grew up with a range of family pets, from their beloved corgis to…pet chameleons? Yup. The royals had a pet chameleon, as seen here on the grounds of Windsor Castle in 1941.
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1941
Margaret and Elizabeth acted in a production of Cinderella at Windsor Castle, where Elizabeth played Prince Charming and Margaret portrayed Cinderella. The young royals put on a number of pantomime shows throughout their childhood: in 1943, they acted in Aladdin.
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1942
The sisters pose for a photo at the Royal Lodge at Windsor Castle with their two family dogs. Again, Elizabeth and Margaret wore coordinated ensembles.
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1942
Elizabeth and Margaret head out on a bicycle ride around the grounds of the Royal Lodge in Windsor.
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1944
The sisters also took care of horses the royal family kept at Windsor Castle. Elizabeth has been riding horses since she was three years old, and is a lifelong equestrian. She was even spotted out riding just last year.
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1949
Elizabeth and Margaret are seen here all dressed up for an event in London. By this time, Elizabeth was 23 and Margaret was 19. Elizabeth married Prince Philip in 1947, and in late 1948, the couple welcomed their first child, Prince Charles.
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1950
Elizabeth and Philip welcomed Princess Anne in August 1950. In one of the royal family of four’s earliest group photos, Prince Charles sweetly points at his baby sister.
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1951
A royal aunt! Margaret and Elizabeth play with a young Princess Anne at Balmoral Castle in Scotland.
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1952
Prince Charles and Princess Anne peek out a window at Balmoral Castle in Scotland under mom’s watchful eye. A year prior to Elizabeth’s coronation, life was simple for the family of four.
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1953
Prince Charles and Princess Anne were front and center at Queen Elizabeth’s coronation in 1953. Here are the young royals on the Buckingham Palace balcony watching the royal air force flyover.
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1954
Prince Charles sweetly takes his sister Anne by the hand in Malta, where they were with their parents on a royal tour.
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1954
A six-year-old Charles and four-year-old Anne play with a xylophone in the garden of the Royal Lodge in Windsor.
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1957
Charles and Anne play on a seesaw while their parents watch at Balmoral Castle.
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1960
Now there’s another royal sibling to play with: Andrew arrived on February 19, 1960. Later that year, the royal family of five (plus the Queen’s beloved corgi!) posed for a family photo at Balmoral Castle.
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1964
In 1964, the Queen and Prince Philip welcomed their fourth child, Prince Edward. The newborn is photographed here with big brother Andrew.
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1964
Baby’s first balcony appearance! A newborn Prince Edward appears on the Buckingham Palace balcony during Trooping the Colour. His older brother Andrew waves at the crowd with their parents.
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1965
The royal family of six celebrated the Queen’s 39th birthday with a photo session at Frogmore House in Windsor. Prince Andrew pushed his baby brother, Prince Edward, in a pram during the family photo shoot.
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1966
Prince Andrew and Prince Edward play in the fall leaves on the grounds of Buckingham Palace.
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1968
Time for yet another family photo shoot! The Queen, Prince Philip, Prince Charles, Princess Anne, Prince Andrew, and Prince Edward posed for photos at Frogmore House.
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1969
Prince Charles and Prince Edward ride in a go-kart while Princess Anne follows behind.
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1972
The Queen and Prince Philip pose for a photo with Prince Andrew and Prince Edward at Balmoral Castle.
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1979
The Queen and Prince Philip smile alongside Prince Charles, Princess Anne, Prince Andrew, and Prince Edward at Balmoral Castle. By this time, the Queen and Philip were already grandparents: in 1977, Anne welcomed her first child, Peter Phillips.
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1984
Princess Anne brought her adorable brood, Peter and Zara, to the Royal Windsor Horse Show back in 1984.
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1984
In late 1984, Prince William stole the show at his little brother’s christening! Prince Charles and Prince Diana welcomed Prince Harry in September 1984.
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1985
Newly-minted big brother Prince Williams waves to the camera as the family poses for one of their first family photos with baby Harry. The royals were photographed on the Royal Yacht Brittania as they completed a royal tour.
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1985
Prince William helps one-year-old Prince Harry take his first steps in this sweet snap, which was taken at Kensington Palace.
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1985
The royals continued their family photoshoot as they played together on rocking horses in their palace playroom.
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1985
Granddad on duty! Zara and Peter Phillips walk with their grandfather, Prince Philip, at a horse show.
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1986
A wind-swept Prince Harry plays with his brother, Prince William, and Princess Diana at Highgrove House.
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1986
William and Harry, both wearing mini military uniforms, play on a slide at home with Princess Diana.
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1987
Prince Harry waves on his first day of school! The royal was accompanied by his parents and big brother as he arrived at Mrs. Mynors’s Nursery School in London.
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1989
Another first day of school photo! Princess Diana looks on as Prince Harry leaves for his first day of school at Wetherby School, where big brother William is already a student.
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1991
The royals take the slopes! Prince William and Prince Harry were decked out in ski gear while on holiday with Princess Diana in Austria.
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1992
In 1988, Prince Andrew and Sarah, then the Duchess of York welcomed their first daughter, Princess Beatrice. Beatrice was joined by a younger sister, Princess Eugenie, two years later. The royals are photographed here wearing matching outfits at the Royal Windsor Horse Show in 1992.
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1992
Peter and Zara Phillips play with their pet dogs while at the Windsor Horse Trials. And not to be missed: the matching sweatshirts on Princess Anne and her two kids.
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1993
In 1993, Princess Beatrice and Princess Eugenie were bridesmaids in a wedding.
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1993
Diana, William, and Harry are all smiles as they ride an amusement park ride at Thorpe Park.
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1995
A sweet sibling and cousin moment! Prince William and Prince Harry pose for a photo with their cousins, Princess Beatrice and Princess Eugenie, while on a ski holiday in Switzerland.
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1997
Prince Charles took Prince William and Prince Harry into the woods on the Balmoral Castle Estate, where Harry pointed something out to the group.
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2001
19-year-old Prince William and 17-year-old Prince Harry clap after winning a polo match in Gloucestershire.
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2003
Princess Anne’s children, Zara and Peter, attend Christmas day mass with the rest of the royal family at Sandringham, where the royals traditionally spend the holidays.
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2009
James, Viscount Severn, reaches for his older sister, Lady Louise Windsor, at the Royal Windsor Horse Show in 2009. Prince Edward and his wife, Sophie married in 1999. They welcomed Lady Louise in 2003, and James joined the family in 2007. Louise and James are the youngest of Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip’s eight grandchildren.
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2011
Will and Harry shake hands from their horses as they play in the Sentebale Polo Cup in Ascot.
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2013
Princess Beatrice and Princess Eugenie celebrate from the royal box on Ladies Day of the Royal Ascot in 2013.
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2013
Prince Edward’s children, Lady Louise and James watch the flyover from the Buckingham Palace balcony with their parents during Trooping the Colour, Queen Elizabeth’s annual birthday celebration.
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2013
Savannah and Isla Phillips, the daughters of Anne’s son Peter and Autumn Phillips, enjoy a snack with their mom. Peter and Autumn married at Windsor Castle in 2008, and welcomed Savannah in December 2010. Isla joined the family in March 2012. The sisters are the eldest of Queen Elizabeth’s seven great-grandchildren.
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2015
Little Prince George checks on his baby sister, Princess Charlotte, at her christening in July 2015. Prince William and Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge welcomed George in July 2013, and Charlotte was born in May 2015.
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2016
Isla and Savannah Phillips grab ice cream while at the Gatcombe Horse Trails.
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2016
Will and Kate brought George and Charlotte on their royal tour of Canada in the fall of 2016. The little royals got to play with balloons at an event during the tour.
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2016
Prince William and Prince Harry wave to the crowd as they attend a celebration for Queen Elizabeth’s 90th birthday with Duchess Kate.
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2017
Pippa Middleton tapped her niece and nephew, Princess Charlotte and Prince George, to play important roles in her wedding in May 2017. Charlotte was a bridesmaid, while George was an adorable page boy.
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2017
Sisters Isla and Savannah Phillips go rock climbing while at the Royal Windsor Horse Show as their parents, Peter and Autumn, look on.
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2017
George and Charlotte made an adorable appearance on the Buckingham Palace balcony to celebrate Trooping the Colour in June 2017.
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2017
Prince George and Princess Charlotte peeked out their plane window as the royals arrived for their tour of Germany and Poland.
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2018
Prince William was by Prince Harry’s side as his best man when Harry married Meghan Markle in May 2018. The brothers shared a laugh in the church before the ceremony started.
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2018
On April 23, 2018, Will and Kate welcomed their third child, Prince Louis. Later on that day, George and Charlotte met their new baby brother at the Lindo Wing of St. Mary’s hospital.
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2018
Savannah and Isla Phillips added another royal relative to their crew as they sit on the sidelines of the Gatcombe Horse Trials —their cousin, Mia Tindall.
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2018
Another fun balcony moment for George and Charlotte! This time, the little royals were joined by Savannah Phillips for the Queen’s annual birthday celebration.
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2018
Prince George and Princess Charlotte had the best time running and playing at a charity polo match Prince William was playing in. Duchess Kate was spotted on the sidelines with the little royals.
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2018
In July 2018, George and Charlotte were on hand to celebrate their younger brother’s christening in London. The family of five is photographed here leaving the service.
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2022
Zara Tindall and Peter Phillips, the children of Princess Anne and Mark Phillips, pose together at the 2022 Tusk Ball, a fundraising gala for African conservation, at London’s Natural History Museum.
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2022
Prince Louis, Princess Charlotte, and Prince George each have their own reactions to the military flypast air show. This was only Louis’s second appearance on the Buckingham Palace balcony during Trooping the Colour.
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2022
Cousins and siblings all spent time together in the grandstands during the parade for Queen Elizabeth’s Platinum Jubilee on June 5. Among her grandchildren are Prince Louis, Princess Charlotte, and Prince George in the first row; and in the second row, Mia Tindall with her father, Mike Tindall, and Savannah Phillips, the daughter of Peter Phillips.
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2023
There were many precious moments to choose from during the coronation of King Charles and Queen Camilla in 2023, but none might have been sweeter than when Princess Charlotte walked into Westminster Abbey holding the hand of her little brother, Prince Louis. Their older brother, Prince George participated in the procession as a pageboy for their grandfather.
Additionally, only did Charlotte’s shimmering floral headpiece matched the delicate embellishment on her dress, but her dress and headwear also coordinated with those of her mother, the Princess of Wales.
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2023
Princess Charlotte made her Wimbledon debut in 2023, joining her parents Kate Middleton and Prince William and brother Prince George in the royal box. The young royal seemed very into the tennis match throughout, cheering and gasping at points alongside her brother as Carlos Alcaraz defeated Novak Djokovic in the final.
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2024
Prince George and Princess Charlotte light candles during the 2024 Together At Christmas carol service at Westminster Abbey. For the second year in a row the royal siblings along with Prince Louis joined their parents at Westminster Abbey for Kate’s annual Christmas Carol service. It was George and Charlotte’s third time attending (they also went in 2022).
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2025
Once again, the Wales children stole the show at their grandfather’s official birthday party, Trooping the Colour. Here, Prince Louis shares a laugh with Prince George in a carriage they shared with Princess Charlotte and their mother, the Princess of Wales, as their father, Prince William, rode down the mall on horseback in the parade.
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2025
The royal children were on their best behavior—most of the time—during the celebrations marking the 80th anniversary of VE Day, which commemorated the end of World War II in Europe. The Wales children joined the rest of the senior royals on the balcony of Buckingham Palace to watch the traditional flypast, and apparently everyone had to move to get a good look at the air show.
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2025
Earlier this year at the Chelsea Flower Show, a highlight of the royal family’s spring calendar, Princess Eugenie shared a charming Instagram photo of herself and her sister Princess Beatrice wearing coordinated floral dresses.
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2025
Princess Charlotte and Prince George have joined their parents at Wimbledon for a few years now.
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